The rush to grow biofuel crops -- widely embraced as part of the solution to global warming -- is actually increasing greenhouse gas emissions rather than reducing them, according to two studies ...

Two new studies highlight the need for tight environmental standards for biofuels to help us solve global warming, write Kit Batten and Jake Caldwell. Two new studies in the journal Science are a ...

Corn is grown not only for food, it is also an important renewable energy source. Renewable biofuels can come with hidden economic and environmental issues, and the question of whether corn is better ...

A biofuel is a fuel that is produced through biological processes (such as agriculture) as opposed to geological processes (like fossil fuels). Renewable biofuels either involve carbon fixation, such ...

Researchers have unpicked the mechanism behind a marine feeding strategy that could provide a valuable renewable source of biofuel. Researchers have unpicked the mechanism behind a marine feeding ...

A while back, I covered an article published in the International Journal of Global Energy Issues that examined the "greenness" of alternative energy sources. This study looked not only at the amount ...

Sept. 28 (UPI) --The chorus of biofuel critics is getting louder. In an opinion article published this week in the journal PNAS, a pair climate scientists argued continued support for biofuel ...

When the U.S. began phasing out the use of certain toxic fuel additives more than two decades ago, plant-based bioethanol became the natural alternative. It offers superior octane, cleaner combustion, ...

BENGALURU, India (AP) — India’s push to blend ethanol with gasoline shows the benefits and challenges of the sustainable fuel efforts being showcased at global climate talks this week. Earlier this ...

When all relevant factors are accounted for, biofuels produce more greenhouse gas emissions than fossil fuels. So conclude two studies published yesterday in Science, adding to a growing body of ...

High-school science teacher Ross McCurdy is planning the first transcontinental flight using aviation biofuel in a certified light aircraft. McCurdy will launch from North Central Airport near ...

British billionaire Richard Branson said Monday that his Virgin Group hopes to produce clean biofuels by around the start of the next decade and early next year will test a jet plane on renewable fuel ...